This victory isn't just mine, it's ours. It's for the single mother choosing between groceries and her power bill, the senior trying to keep the lights on, and the young voter who showed up believing that their voice matters. Alicia Johnson pledged to support energy policy at the PSC that benefits the public, rather than catering to the interests of powerful energy companies.
The brutal cold snap gripping New York this winter has left utility customers feeling the burn of skyrocketing heating bills. National Grid customers in NYC are outraged over skyrocketing heating bills, coinciding with the utility giant's Monday announcement of record usage during the city's ongoing cold snap. The astronomical costs, several readers told amNewYork, are overwhelmingly driven not by increased consumption but by soaring delivery fees and other unclear charges listed on their monthly bills.
New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill secured a decisive victory in Tuesday's election to become the next governor of the Garden State in a race some polls predicted would be tighter. Sherrill beat the President Trump-endorsed Republican candidate, Jack Ciatterelli, by about 13% of the vote marking the first time since the 1960s that New Jersey voters elected a governor from the same party three terms in a row.